Mexico , officially the United Mexican States , is a federal republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belice, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico is the fifth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independence nation in the world and could become the world's fifth or seventh largest economy . It is the eleventh most popolous and the most popolous spanish speaking country in the world and the second most populous country in Latin America.Pre-Columbian Mexico was home to many advenced Mesoamerican civilizations, such as the Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacan, Zapotec,Maya and Aztec before first contact with europeans in 1521.
MY COUNTRY FACTS
PEOPLE
1-What are the people of the country called?
The people of Mexico are called Mexicans. 2-What is the official lenguage? What other lenguages do people speak?
The official country lenguage is the Spanish one . The people also talks Nauhtl,Yucatec Maya,Mixtec,Zapotec,Tzeltal Maya,Tzotzil Maya,Otomi, Totonac,Mozatec, Ch´ol, Huastec, Chinantec, Mixe, Mazahua,and Purépecha , that are the first fifteen lenguages after spanish.There are more lenguages but are spoken by less than 100.000 people. 3-What is the most practiced religion?
The most practiced religion in Mexico is the catholicism.
FLAG
Red. White and green, are the colours of de national liberation army in Mexico.The central emblem is the mexican coat of arms, based on the Aztec symbol of Tenochtitlon, that nowdays is known as Mexico city, the center of the Aztec empire. It records the legend that inspired the Aztec to settle on what was originally a lake-island. The form of the coat of arms was most recently revised in 1968. It was derived from on Aztec legend that their Gods told them to build a city where they spot and eagle on a nopal eating a serpent.The current national flag is also used as the Mexican ensign by ships registered in Mexico.
GOVERNMENT
POPULATION
Migrations:
1-Number of immigrants. Where do they come from? Why?
Over the centuries,Mexico has received immigrants from Europe, EEUU, Colombia, Honduras, Cuba, Guatemala, Argentina, Brazil, Canada and sometimes from Asia.Basecally because mexico is a coutry of refuge.
2- Number of emigrants. Where do they go? Why? This is due to the economic situation that applies mainly to poorer people, who seek better job oportunities in other countries. More than 11% of Mexico´s native population lives abroad , makeing it the country with most emigrants in the world. 98% of all Mexican emigrants reside in the United States. After the United States , Mexican emigrants are settlet in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and other European countries. 3-Legislation of the country connected to migrations.
On May 24,1974 the president Felipe Calderon signed into law a new and much more liberal Migrations Law. Some of the most significant principles of this new law deal with the rights of migrants. The new law guarantees that foreigners and Mexicans nationals will receive equal treatment under Mexican law. 4- Institutions in charge of migrants.
There is only one institution in charge of migrations that is the Mexico´s National Migrations Institute. 5-Problems connected to migrations.
The problems connected to migrations are that the population growth starts to srink and there are less people working in the country that contributes to a "menor crecimiento"
Geography: 1- Where is the country?. Mexico is located between latitudes 14º and 33ºN, and longitudes 86º and 119ºW in the southern portion of North America. Almost all of Mexico lies in the North American plate, with small parts of theBaja Californi peninsula on the Pacific and Cocos Plate. 2-What other nations border the country?
The countries that surrounds the country are EEUU , Guatemala and Belize 3-What kind of landscape does the country have? Positive and negative things of it.
Almost 2/3 of the countries terrain consist of mountains and highland while deserts dominate the north and rainforrest are found in the south. Mexico has extensive coastslines. There are three distinct regions found in Mexico : the highland areas, the great southern depressions and the costal slopes.
There are two cons and one pro. One con is that Mexico is occasioally affected by tropical stormsand bring two or three days of heavy rain and the other con is that in some Mexico areas , however , high temperatures and lack of rain provoke desert of semidesert zones. And the pro is thet the sunny weather develops one of the most important economic sector in the country the tourism. 4-What kind of climate does it have? Pros and cons of the climate.
Most climate in Mexico has sunny weather for a large part of the year . The cloudiest regions are the wetter parts of the east coast and the northern part of the Pacific coast , where low clouds and fog are formed over the cold ocean current . The drier regions of the interior and much of the tiera templada have hihg amounts of sunshine.The pros and cons of the climate in Mexico are the same that in in the landscape, that Mexico is occasioally affected by tropical stormsand bring two or three days of heavy rain and the other con is that in some Mexico areas , however , high temperatures and lack of rain provoke desert of semidesert zones. And the pro is that the sunny weather develops one of the most important economic sector in the country the tourism.
Economy: 1- What is the most common sector of employment in the country?
The most common sector of employment in my country is the service sector which involves : government work, finance and bnking, arts and entreteinment. Also the tourism is a large industry. 2-What is the unemployment rate of your country (by percentage)?
The unemployment rate of my country is of about a 4,55% 3-What is the percentage of contribution of its sectors?
The percentage of the most common sector in my country is aproximately a 70,5% 5- Energy: production/consumption; exports/imports.
Mineral resources are the nation´s property by constitution. As such, the energy sector is administrated by the government with varying degrees of private investment. Mexico is the sixth-largest oil producer in the world. Pemex, the public company in charge of administring research, exploration and sales of oil. Is the largest company in Mexico. Without enough money to continue investing in finding new sources or upgrading infrastructure, and being protected constitutionally from private and foreing investment, some have predicted the company may face institutional collapse.The general trend in thermal generation is a decline in petroleum-based fuels and a growth in natural gas and coal. Since Mexico is a net importer of natural gas, higher levels of natural gas consuption will likely depend upon higher imports from either the United States or by natural gas.
Domestic Policy: 1- Which are the current issues that affect your country in domestic policy?
Drug traffiking
Illegal migrations
Education reform
Improvement of healthcare
Overcoming widespread poverty
2- Which are the main policies about healthcare?
Public healthcare delivery is compliment via an elaborate provisioning and delivery system institutedby the Mexican Federal Government. Public care is either fully or partially subsidiced by the federal government, depending on the person´s employment status. All Mexican citizens are eligible for care regardless of their work status via a system of healthcare facilities operating under the federal Secretariat of Health. 3- Which are the main policies about education?
Mexico is working to increase education performance and attainment in compulsory education. Large performance especially for indigenous and low socio-economic status populations. System-level policies should focus on improving education backgrounds and delivering quality education across all schools, including upper secondary and VET. 4- Taxes and other revenues:
Mexico has the lowest tax revenue in the 34-Nation Organization for Economic Coperation and Development, crimping its hability, to spend on health infrastructure and social programs vital to increase living standard and growth.Most of the poor live and working shadow economy that accounts for one thirt of gross domestic products and pay little tax. 5-Debt: The debt in my country is the 30,7% of the Country´s Grss Domestic Government Product.
Foreign Policy: 1- Which are the main current issues that affect your country in foreign policy? The main current issues that affect Mexico are the:
Drugs
Migration
Tourism
Trade
Mexico´s crime rate increases because of the drugs conflicts which are some of the worst in the whestern hemisphere. The criminal justice system is too weak to handle the problem, so its still growing weaker as judges bribed. Also Mexico´s foreing policy orientation is mostly favourable for mayor US interests, but leaves many bilateral difficulties unresolved. 2- Which are the main conflicts that have affected and affect your country?
The drugs. Trade is over wheimingly negative contributing difficult international relations.
Migration. In this issue there is a Mexico´s depencence on the United States.
4- Military Expenditures/ spending on defense programs:
Mexico doesn´t publish defensebudget information for reasons of national security. Backrounds are officialy budgeted only for troop and base maintenance. The mexican military is very small. Mexico has the smalles number of military personal per person of any country in Latin America.
MEXICO
Mexico , officially the United Mexican States , is a federal republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belice, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico is the fifth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independence nation in the world and could become the world's fifth or seventh largest economy . It is the eleventh most popolous and the most popolous spanish speaking country in the world and the second most populous country in Latin America.Pre-Columbian Mexico was home to many advenced Mesoamerican civilizations, such as the Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacan, Zapotec,Maya and Aztec before first contact with europeans in 1521.MY COUNTRY FACTS
PEOPLE
1-What are the people of the country called?
The people of Mexico are called Mexicans.2-What is the official lenguage? What other lenguages do people speak?
The official country lenguage is the Spanish one . The people also talks Nauhtl,Yucatec Maya,Mixtec,Zapotec,Tzeltal Maya,Tzotzil Maya,Otomi, Totonac,Mozatec, Ch´ol, Huastec, Chinantec, Mixe, Mazahua,and Purépecha , that are the first fifteen lenguages after spanish.There are more lenguages but are spoken by less than 100.000 people.
3-What is the most practiced religion?
The most practiced religion in Mexico is the catholicism.
FLAG
Red. White and green, are the colours of de national liberation army in Mexico.The central emblem is the mexican coat of arms, based on the Aztec symbol of Tenochtitlon, that nowdays is known as Mexico city, the center of the Aztec empire. It records the legend that inspired the Aztec to settle on what was originally a lake-island. The form of the coat of arms was most recently revised in 1968. It was derived from on Aztec legend that their Gods told them to build a city where they spot and eagle on a nopal eating a serpent.The current national flag is also used as the Mexican ensign by ships registered in Mexico.
GOVERNMENT
POPULATION
Migrations:
1- Number of immigrants. Where do they come from? Why?
Over the centuries,Mexico has received immigrants from Europe, EEUU, Colombia, Honduras, Cuba, Guatemala, Argentina, Brazil, Canada and sometimes from Asia.Basecally because mexico is a coutry of refuge.
This is due to the economic situation that applies mainly to poorer people, who seek better job oportunities in other countries. More than 11% of Mexico´s native population lives abroad , makeing it the country with most emigrants in the world. 98% of all Mexican emigrants reside in the United States. After the United States , Mexican emigrants are settlet in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and other European countries.
3- Legislation of the country connected to migrations.
On May 24,1974 the president Felipe Calderon signed into law a new and much more liberal Migrations Law. Some of the most significant principles of this new law deal with the rights of migrants. The new law guarantees that foreigners and Mexicans nationals will receive equal treatment under Mexican law.
4- Institutions in charge of migrants.
There is only one institution in charge of migrations that is the Mexico´s National Migrations Institute.
5- Problems connected to migrations.
The problems connected to migrations are that the population growth starts to srink and there are less people working in the country that contributes to a "menor crecimiento"
Geography:
1- Where is the country?.
Mexico is located between latitudes 14º and 33ºN, and longitudes 86º and 119ºW in the southern portion of North America. Almost all of Mexico lies in the North American plate, with small parts of theBaja Californi peninsula on the Pacific and Cocos Plate.
2- What other nations border the country?
The countries that surrounds the country are EEUU , Guatemala and Belize
3- What kind of landscape does the country have? Positive and negative things of it.
Almost 2/3 of the countries terrain consist of mountains and highland while deserts dominate the north and rainforrest are found in the south. Mexico has extensive coastslines. There are three distinct regions found in Mexico : the highland areas, the great southern depressions and the costal slopes.
There are two cons and one pro. One con is that Mexico is occasioally affected by tropical stormsand bring two or three days of heavy rain and the other con is that in some Mexico areas , however , high temperatures and lack of rain provoke desert of semidesert zones. And the pro is thet the sunny weather develops one of the most important economic sector in the country the tourism.
4- What kind of climate does it have? Pros and cons of the climate.
Most climate in Mexico has sunny weather for a large part of the year . The cloudiest regions are the wetter parts of the east coast and the northern part of the Pacific coast , where low clouds and fog are formed over the cold ocean current . The drier regions of the interior and much of the tiera templada have hihg amounts of sunshine.The pros and cons of the climate in Mexico are the same that in in the landscape, that Mexico is occasioally affected by tropical stormsand bring two or three days of heavy rain and the other con is that in some Mexico areas , however , high temperatures and lack of rain provoke desert of semidesert zones. And the pro is that the sunny weather develops one of the most important economic sector in the country the tourism.
Economy:
1- What is the most common sector of employment in the country?
The most common sector of employment in my country is the service sector which involves : government work, finance and bnking, arts and entreteinment. Also the tourism is a large industry.
2- What is the unemployment rate of your country (by percentage)?
The unemployment rate of my country is of about a 4,55%
3- What is the percentage of contribution of its sectors?
The percentage of the most common sector in my country is aproximately a 70,5%
5- Energy: production/consumption; exports/imports.
Mineral resources are the nation´s property by constitution. As such, the energy sector is administrated by the government with varying degrees of private investment. Mexico is the sixth-largest oil producer in the world. Pemex, the public company in charge of administring research, exploration and sales of oil. Is the largest company in Mexico. Without enough money to continue investing in finding new sources or upgrading infrastructure, and being protected constitutionally from private and foreing investment, some have predicted the company may face institutional collapse.The general trend in thermal generation is a decline in petroleum-based fuels and a growth in natural gas and coal. Since Mexico is a net importer of natural gas, higher levels of natural gas consuption will likely depend upon higher imports from either the United States or by natural gas.
Domestic Policy:
1- Which are the current issues that affect your country in domestic policy?
- Drug traffiking
- Illegal migrations
- Education reform
- Improvement of healthcare
- Overcoming widespread poverty
2- Which are the main policies about healthcare?Public healthcare delivery is compliment via an elaborate provisioning and delivery system institutedby the Mexican Federal Government. Public care is either fully or partially subsidiced by the federal government, depending on the person´s employment status. All Mexican citizens are eligible for care regardless of their work status via a system of healthcare facilities operating under the federal Secretariat of Health.
3- Which are the main policies about education?
Mexico is working to increase education performance and attainment in compulsory education. Large performance especially for indigenous and low socio-economic status populations. System-level policies should focus on improving education backgrounds and delivering quality education across all schools, including upper secondary and VET.
4- Taxes and other revenues:
Mexico has the lowest tax revenue in the 34-Nation Organization for Economic Coperation and Development, crimping its hability, to spend on health infrastructure and social programs vital to increase living standard and growth.Most of the poor live and working shadow economy that accounts for one thirt of gross domestic products and pay little tax.
5- Debt:
The debt in my country is the 30,7% of the Country´s Grss Domestic Government Product.
Foreign Policy:
1- Which are the main current issues that affect your country in foreign policy?
The main current issues that affect Mexico are the:
- Drugs
- Migration
- Tourism
- Trade
Mexico´s crime rate increases because of the drugs conflicts which are some of the worst in the whestern hemisphere. The criminal justice system is too weak to handle the problem, so its still growing weaker as judges bribed. Also Mexico´s foreing policy orientation is mostly favourable for mayor US interests, but leaves many bilateral difficulties unresolved.2- Which are the main conflicts that have affected and affect your country?
- The drugs. Trade is over wheimingly negative contributing difficult international relations.
- Migration. In this issue there is a Mexico´s depencence on the United States.
4- Military Expenditures/ spending on defense programs:Mexico doesn´t publish defensebudget information for reasons of national security. Backrounds are officialy budgeted only for troop and base maintenance. The mexican military is very small. Mexico has the smalles number of military personal per person of any country in Latin America.